A 7mm Rem Mag with 175 grain bullet

I only have to think back to October. Ruger M77, .338 win. mag., 225 gr. Remington Cor-Lokts.

i am waiting to hear about the old sourdough who killed a moose with a .22short RF.

225 Hornady Soft Point 338 Win Mag

http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/trophyroom/recent/single?pnid=10013...

You don't know what work is until you pull the trigger on one!

Let you know when it happens, they are not very abundant in the south,,,

375 H&H, however I heard about a guy that did kill one in Alaska with a .22 LR

April 29, 2005, 01:41 PM

Here's the text:

Nice shot, nukalpiaq

In December, 31-year-old Patrick V. Heckman of Pilot Station dropped a bull moose with one shot from his .22 magnum lever-action rifle and took it home to share with his family. Pilot Station is a predominately Yupik village located on the Yukon River, where a successful hunter is known as “nukalpiaq,” which translates, roughly, into “great hunter and provider.”

The state of Alaska took a different view of Heckman's actions. On February 2, he was fined $250 for taking a moose with a rim-fire weapon. That's illegal even during open season - even if you drop the animal with one shot.

Heckman said he didn't know there was a law against taking a moose with his .22 magnum until an Alaska State Trooper came calling to write him a ticket. “It's an all-around gun out here in the villages,” he said. He stalked the moose to within sixty feet, he said, and just as it started to run away, he placed a shot in its heart. “The way I was taught was for only one shot - to go for the kill.”

Trooper Sergeant Matt Dobson, who ticketed Heckman, said there's a law because a .22 caliber rim-fire weapon isn't always sufficiently lethal for big game. Too often, Dobson said, moose and caribou walk away from less powerful shots. Sometimes the animal's thick hide and fat will even stop any bleeding, so a hunter may not even know they've hit the animal.

Dobson said waste of game is a big problem, but that many people agree that a law using a minimum caliber to address the problem might be better than simply banning rim-fire weapons.

Heckman's twenty-two caliber transgression was ticketed as a violation, even though troopers could have charged him with a misdemeanor, Dobson said, which carries a fine up to $10,000, up to one year in jail, and would allow the state to confiscate equipment used in the hunt such as Heckman's rifle and a snowmachine. Dobson said the state chose the lesser charge because Heckman was cooperative, admitted to what he'd done and seemed credible. Besides, Heckman's moose didn't go to waste.

“We were disappointed that he got fined, but I was really glad that they let him keep the meat,” said Heckman's mother, Barb Heckman. “We all shared it.”

Flashlight can't help but think that taking a moose with a .22 is a pretty mean feat. Dobson, the trooper, seemed to agree, but, he said, “We don't want to promote the idea that the .22 is a great big-game rifle, because it's not. Because not everybody shoots like Patrick Heckman does.”

Like we said: Nice shot, nukalpiaq.

- Scott Christiansen

scoped marlin in .356 win.